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If you didn’t have any plans for New Year’s Eve well now you do as 31 December 2018 sees celebrations with a spectacular firework display in Newcastle city centre. The FREE family-friendly display will launch at 6pm outside Newcastle Civic Centre with a dazzling 15-minute spectacle to music. Vikki Leaney, Senior Festivals and Events Manager at… Continue reading New Year’s Eve fireworks to return to Newcastle

North East Comedian Jason Cook is promising to give his comedy club at The Customs House a cheeky send-off to celebrate another successful year of shows. The final show of 2018 will have a Christmas party vibe, with the line-up being kept under wraps for now, just like gifts under a tree. Jason Cook said:… Continue reading Jason Cook’s Celebration of Comedy

A play that celebrates the legacy of one North East’s football’s legends is looking for creative help from the public. Written by Jarrow-born poet and playwright, Tom Kelly, ‘Bobby Robson Saved My Life’ is a new work that explores how one person can have a dramatic effect on another without ever knowing it. The play… Continue reading Bobby Robson Saved My Life

Learning disabled actors are discovering their WW1 history in a new theatre production from Headway Arts Theatre. Hold Your Piece tells untold stories the lives of learning disabled people during The Great War 1914-1918. The learning disabled artists at Headway Arts and are using their training as researchers and devisers. Disabled actor Tim Longrigg who will… Continue reading Preview: Hold Your Piece @Queens Hall, Hexham

Sam Dickinson, singer songwriter from Newcastle will be putting on a special gig in April to raise funds for Teenage Cancer Trust. The performance will be at The Mining Institute on Saturday 21st April and it will also be celebrating Sam’s 30th Birthday. This is Sam’s 10th year singing in front of audiences, where at… Continue reading Preview: Sam Dickinson raising money for Teenage Cancer Trust

You say to me… Your brain is broken. I say to you, No- my brain is imperfectly perfect; an adult’s brain in training. Mortal Fools theatre company are presenting Brainstorm- a fast paced, dynamic and physical performance theatre show that is coming to Gateshead on the 11th April . Brainstorm looks into how young people’s… Continue reading Preview: Brainstom, Mortal Fools

Who remembers seeing Joe McElderry as the lead in Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ? No? Maybe like me you couldn’t grab a ticket, well fear not as our Joe is coming back to the North East for his own tour. The X Factor winner will be coming home back to South Shields to… Continue reading Preview: Joe is coming home